Like last year’s indie sleeper hit, Little Miss Sunshine, this year’s model, Juno, combines affecting adorableness with flagrant implausibility. Unlike The Savages, which takes a realistically jaundiced view of the type of person who becomes a Film Snob, Juno includes a tender bonding scene in which Jason Bateman’s 40-ish yuppie character communes with young Juno (Ellen Page) by playfully arguing over the merits of Herschell Gordon Lewis versus those of Dario Argento. The concept isn’t bad, but the scene is about as believable as the name Diablo Cody.

Film Snobbery

Food Snobbery

Wine Snobbery

Purslane. Low-spreading plant with fleshy, succulent, wedge-shaped leaves. Better known as a nuisance weed until FORAGERS and American-cuisine builder-uppers like Larry Forgione repositioned it as a salad green, beloved for its light, vaguely lemony flavor.